Assets under management grew by $8.9 billion or 7.9% year over year, and increased 0.7% in the month of September. Total assets gained $12.4 billion or 8.3% for the 12-month period and grew by 0.8% in the month of September.

CI's average assets under management for the third quarter were $120.3 billion, versus $122.7 billion for the second quarter of 2017. Average assets under management for the year-to-date were $120.8 billion, a gain of $9.9 billion or 8.9% from the average for fiscal 2016.

CI reported assets under advisement at Assante Wealth Management (Canada) Ltd. and Stonegate Private Counsel of $40.7 billion at September 30, 2017, representing an increase of $3.5 billion or 9.4% year over year.

CI also announced that it completed the acquisition of Sentry Investments Corp. and its subsidiary Sentry Investments Inc. effective today. The addition of Sentry increases CI's assets under management to approximately $140 billion and total assets to approximately $181 billion.

Additional information about CI's assets and financial position can be found below in the tables of statistics and on its website, www.cifinancial.com, in the Statistics section. These are the only statistics authorized by CI and CI takes no responsibility for reporting by any external sources.

CI FINANCIAL CORP.September 30, 2017PRELIMINARY MONTH-END STATISTICS

ENDING ASSETS

Sept. 30/17(billions)

Aug. 31/17(billions)

%Change

Sept. 30/16 (billions)

%Change

Assets under management

$121.4

$120.5

0.7%

$112.5

7.9%

Assets under advisement*

40.7

40.3

1.0%

37.2

9.4%

TOTAL

$162.1

$160.8

0.8%

$149.7

8.3%

MONTHLY AVERAGEASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

Sept. 30/17 (billions)

Aug. 31/17(billions)

%Change

Monthly average

$120.0

$120.4

-0.3%

FISCAL QUARTER AVERAGEASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

Ending Sept. 30/17(billions)

Ending June 30/17(billions)

%Change

Fiscal quarter average

$120.3

$122.7

-2.0%

FISCAL YEAR AVERAGEASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

Ending Sept. 30/17(billions)

Fiscal 2016(billions)

%Change

Fiscal year average

$120.8

$110.9

8.9%

EQUITY

FINANCIAL POSITION(millions)

Total outstanding shares

255,752,744

Debt outstanding

$1,072

QTD weighted avg. shares

257,630,053

Net debt outstanding

$706

Current Yield

5.2%

Terminal redemption value of funds

$440

* Includes assets managed by CI and held by clients of advisors with Assante and Stonegate Private Counsel.